The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Yes I know it’s a kid’s book but it is the one that I have spent the last few years reading every sodding night of the week to my kids when they go to bed. Most parents are usually tearing their hair out at having to read the same thing over and over again but not me, I could say that I have mentioned this because it has started the eldest two onto reading other books or that it gives me a chance to sit down with my kids and spend a little time with them all to myself but it’s a bit more than that, I also love this book because they like me to do special voices for each character.

Thanks to this I have created an Terry Thomas sounding fox, an owl who sounds like he has an obvious drug problem and a Gruffalo that sounds like a character from a Guy Ritchie film. No matter how crap a day I have at work or how much other stuff I have to do I know that once I open the first page I get a chance to act like an idiot and have fun with my kids and by the time I reach the part where everything is quiet in the deep dark wood I will always be feeling happy.

I will also note that it has also taught my kids that you can use your brains to get you out of tricky situations, not all lies are bad and that you should kill a mouse at the first opportunity.
(mon bison powered by magnets, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 12:34, 10 replies)

I'm well good at reading "A squash and a squeeze".
I don't even have to look at the words or owt.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 12:40, closed)

'down by the cool of the pool' ftw.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 12:51, closed)

Peppa Pig can fuck off though.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:26, closed)

tru dat. whiny little porcine shit.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:38, closed)

I've tried just saying "and then we made bacon sandwiches THE END" but it don't wash with the yoof.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:48, closed)

i tend to read to my son
in a vic reeves style accent. Not the pub singer though, that'd be daft. his favorite so far is Barry the fish with fingers.
( Ya What Skiddlyboop, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:09, closed)

Ahh Barry the fish with fingers
I think that puffy the puffer fish should have been crushed by the crate....miserable little sod.
(mon bison powered by magnets, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:42, closed)

Hm, my foxes always sound like Terry Thomas, too. I wonder if that's a cultural imperative?

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:52, closed)

Mine sound more like
Leslie Phillips.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 14:30, closed)

read the Mr Gum books they are aces
I have great fun with the voices
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 21:35, closed)